Patent • #US11674234B1. A coating made of platinum-gold alloy is provided, together with a method of its preparation by electrodeposition. The alloy is composed of more than 50 atomic percent platinum. The microstructure of the alloy consists of generally ellipsoidal grains. More than half of the grains have a major axis of...
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Electrofracturing test system and method of determining material characteristics of electrofractured material samples
Patent • #US9719908B1. A device for electrofracturing a material sample and analyzing the material sample is disclosed. The device simulates an in situ electrofracturing environment so as to obtain electrofractured material characteristics representative of field applications while allowing permeability testing of the fractured sample under in situ conditions.
Electrokinetic pump
Patent • #US7297246B2. A method for altering the surface properties of a particle bed. In application, the method pertains particularly to an electrokinetic pump configuration where nanoparticles are bonded to the surface of the stationary phase to alter the surface properties of the stationary phase including the surface area and/or the zeta...
Electroless atomic layer deposition
Patent • #US9803285B1. A method of electroless atomic layer deposition is described. The method electrolessly generates a layer of sacrificial material on a surface of a first material. The method adds doses of a solution of a second material to the substrate. The method performs a galvanic exchange reaction to oxidize away...
Electroless deposition of metal on 3D-printed polymeric structures
Patent • #US10494721B1. A process for metallizing a three-dimensional-printed polymeric structure includes soaking the three-dimensional-printed polymeric structure in a metal salt solution; transferring the three-dimensional polymeric structure to a solution comprising a first reducing agent; soaking the three-dimensional polymeric structure in a metal plating bath, the metal plating bath comprising a coordinating...
Electroless process for depositing refractory metals
Patent • #US10263241B2. The invention provides an inexpensive, scalable process for coating materials with a film of a refractory metal. As an example, the immersion process can comprise the deposition of a sacrificial zinc coating which is galvanically displaced by the ether-mediated reduction of oxophilic WCl6 to form a complex WOxCly film,...
Electromagnetic isolation structure
Patent • #US10026701B1. The various technologies presented herein relate to isolating an integrated circuit from electromagnetic radiation/interference. The integrated circuit can be encapsulated in a coating (e.g., a conformal coating). A conductive layer can be formed over the coating, where the conductive layer is deposited to connect with an electromagnetic shielding layer...
Electromagnetics & Instrumentation
Technology Area • The Electromagnetics & Instrumentation technology area contains cutting-edge solutions such as phase contrast imaging for medical applications, chip-scale magnetic tracking devices, and nanoantennae that convert infrared radiation to electrical energy. Developed for our national security mission, these and other electromagnetic technologies have numerous commercial uses. This technology area also contains...
Electromechanical Grip Tester
Featured Opportunity • Sandia’s electromechanical grip tester allows for simultaneous electrical and mechanical testing, resulting in reduced testing time and decreased costs. Sandia's electromechanical grip tester The increasing demand for products to meet industry accepted performance standards such as ASTM and ISO has resulted in the need for improved test equipment designs that...
Electromechanical latch
Patent • #US9518406B1. An electromechanical latch is described herein. The electromechanical latch is a dual-actuator latch, wherein a first actuator and a second actuator are driven with precise timing to move a first latch part relative to a second latch part, and vice versa. When the electromechanical latch is in a closed...
Electron spin-based information shuttling for a computer system
Patent • #US10002328B1. A silicon metal-oxide semiconductor device transports a spin-polarized single electron. An array of silicon quantum dot electrodes is arranged atop a silicon dioxide layer of a silicon metal-oxide semiconductor. The array comprises at least a first electrode and a second electrode adjacent to the first electrode. A transport control...
ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT FOR CONTROL OR COUPLING OF SINGLE CHARGES OR SPINS AND METHODS THEREFOR
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Electronic circuit for control or coupling of single charges or spins and methods therefor
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Electronic Materials
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Electrophoretic device and method to separate and detect analyte ions
Patent • #US11674925B2. This invention is directed to an inexpensive, miniaturized, portable, low-power device and method for electrophoretic separation and electrochemical detection of an analyte, including different isotopes of the same element. The invention replaces a conventional or microfabricated capillary electrophoresis tube with a microchip comprising an array of parallel electrophoretic separation...
Electroplated AU for conformal coating of high aspect ratio silicon structures
Patent • #US10147510B1. A method for electroplating a nonmetallic grating including providing a nonmetallic grating; performing an atomic layer deposition (ALD) reaction to form a seed layer on the nonmetallic grating; and electroplating a metallic layer on the seed layer such that the metallic layer uniformly and conformally coats the nonmetallic grating....
Electroplated Au for conformal coating of high aspect ratio silicon structures
Patent • #US11053601B2. A method for electroplating a nonmetallic grating including providing a nonmetallic grating; performing an atomic layer deposition (ALD) reaction to form a seed layer on the nonmetallic grating; and electroplating a metallic layer on the seed layer such that the metallic layer uniformly and conformally coats the nonmetallic grating....
Elemental analysis using temporal gating of a pulsed neutron generator
Patent • #US9897556B2. Technologies related to determining elemental composition of a sample that comprises fissile material are described herein. In a general embodiment, a pulsed neutron generator periodically emits bursts of neutrons, and is synchronized with an analyzer circuit. The bursts of neutrons are used to interrogate the sample, and the sample...
Embedded instrumentation architecture
Patent • #US9148481B1. The various technologies presented herein relate to generating copies of an incoming signal, wherein each copy of the signal can undergo different processing to facilitate control of bandwidth demands during communication of one or more signals relating to the incoming signal. A signal sharing component can be utilized to...
Emission Reduction and Carbon Capture
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Emulation automation and model checking
Patent • #US11720391B2. A method of automating emulations is provided. The method comprising collecting publicly available network data over a predefined time interval, wherein the collected network data might comprise structured and unstructured data. Any unstructured data is converted into structured data. The original and converted structured data is stored in a...
Emulator apparatus for microgrid testing and design
Patent • #US10270251B1. An emulator apparatus that emulates entities included in a microgrid is described herein. The emulator apparatus emulates a load with time-varying inductance/resistance or an energy storage device or combination of energy storage devices. The emulator apparatus is electrically coupled to a system or device that is desirably tested/maintained/designed. The...
Emulator for rotary energy sources
Patent • #US10228665B1. An emulator is described herein, wherein the emulator is configured to emulate a rotary energy generator. The rotary energy generator can be one of a wind turbine, a diesel engine, or a hydrokinetic generator. The emulator includes an electromechanical motor that is mechanically linked to a generator. A motor...
Endpoint detection of amplified nucleic acids
Patent • #US11473141B2. The present invention relates to probes and primers beneficial for conducting amplification assays, such as those including loop-mediated isothermal amplification reactions. Also described herein are methods for detecting targets using such probes and/or primers.
Endpoint detection of amplified nucleic acids
Patent • #US10724091B1. The present invention relates to probes and primers beneficial for conducting amplification assays, such as those including loop-mediated isothermal amplification reactions. Also described herein are methods for detecting targets using such probes and/or primers.
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